Network-Based Licensing

Triangle MicroWorks is in the process of updating the licensing for our Protocol Testing Tools and SCADA Data Gateway. As part of the new licensing, a Network-Based License will be offered that allows licenses to be shared across a network.

Benefits

The Network-Based License has several important benefits:

Licenses can be shared across multiple users and computers.

Licenses can also be checked out for remote use without the needing to be connected to the network or physically share a Hardware-Based license.

The need for Hardware-Based licenses is greatly reduced. Our previous USB-Based licenses have presented several issues for our customers including theft, loss, and reliability problems.

Virtual Machines can be licensed directly. There is no need for a USB-Based license which greatly improves license reliability.

Setting up a license server is very easy. See below for more detail on setting up a Network-Based license.

How Network-Based Licensing Works

Additional Details

License Server: any computer running a version of the WindowsTM operating system can serve the license including laptops, servers, or virtual machinesOne User per Concurrency: a concurrency is one license seat that is shared across the network. Only one user can use a concurrency at one time.Multiple License Servers: more than one computer can act as a license server on the network. However, a product key can only be activated on one computer.Multiple Product Keys or Applications: one computer can serve multiple licenses that are either for the same application or different applications.Detached License: a detached license can be set to expire at a certain time or can be re-attached to the license server. If for some reason the detached license is not checked back in, the license will expire and can be re-used.